Official UK procurement notice
Arboricultural Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Epping Forest District Council (Local council)
Sectors: Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services (77) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Published estimate£1,433,334≈ £478k / year · £1,720,000 inc. VAT35.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025awarded 20 Jun 2025
Award (standstill) to Essex Tree Care Limited
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Arboricultural Services to the Epping Forest District council.
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CPV: Tree-maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£1,720,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- General, Relevant Experience and Proposed Approach: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Long criteria description
- General, Relevant Experience and Proposed Approach: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jul 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007553- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e8b6Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Mar 2025
- Submission deadline
- 28 Mar 2025
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
28 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMT
- Submission deadline28 Mar 2025
- Assessment summaries sent27 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Award decision expected by1 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
- Standstill ends8 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Feb 2025- Tender notice published28 Feb 2025, 15:23 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete27 Jun 2025, 12:05 BST
- Contract signature expected18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £1,942,3351 award exc. VAT
Bids received 5
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Tree Care LimitedSME1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: 36 months at three periods of twelve months | £1,942,335 | 20 Jun 2025standstill to 8 Jul 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Essex Tree Care LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender